Flat 6,12 Vicarage Gate, London, W8 4AG
LON/00AW/LSC/2025/0646 · service charges · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 17 Nov 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the disputed charges payable, including the management fees, legal costs and reserve fund, but reduced the external redecoration charge by 50% because the work was not of a reasonable standard, and ordered the respondents to reimburse the £220 hearing fee.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Hillgate Management Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 7 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondents to reimburse the hearing fee of £220 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
has been converted into 7 flats
- agent
by the current managing agent Hillgate Management Ltd
- years
in the years 2019 to 2022 were payable and/or reasonable
- outcome
the amount recoverable from the Respondents should be reduced
- items reduced
we will reduce the sum recoverable from the Respondents by 50%
- s20c
We do not make any orders under paragraph 20C of the 1985 Act
- costs
The Respondents must reimburse the hearing fee paid by the Applicant in the sum of £220.
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